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 Well, these are the intimations, then we're going to begin worship now singing in Psalm 105,

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 Psalm 105 on page 374, singing to June Peterson, and we'll sing verses 1 to 7.

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 Give thanks to God, call on his name, to men his deeds make known.

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 Sing ye to him, sing psalms, proclaim his wondrous works, each one.

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 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord, and let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.

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 We'll stand to sing these verses 1 to 7. Give thanks to God.

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 Sing psalms, proclaim his wondrous works, each one.

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 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord, and let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.

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 The Lord almighty and his strength, with steadfast hearts sing ye.

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 His blessed and his gracious face, sing ye continually.

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 Think on the works that ye hath done, which admiration breed.

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 His wonders and the judgments all, which from his mouth proceed.

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 O ye that dad of Abram's race, his servant will appear, and ye that Jacob's children are,

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 whom he chose for his own.

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 Because he and he only is the mighty Lord our God,

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 And his most righteous judgments are, in all the earth abroad.

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 We're now going to call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Let's unite our hearts in prayer.

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 Almighty and gracious God,

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 we give thanks that we are gathered here today once again in your name.

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 We give thanks for these words that you have given us to sing in your praise,

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 words that remind us, Lord, that it is our great privilege to worship you,

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 a privilege to know you as our God, and to sing your praises,

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 to call upon your name in prayer, and to contemplate the great works that you have done.

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 Lord our God, we come before you not in our own merit,

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 or any worth that we have in ourselves or in our works.

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 We come in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son.

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 We come, O Lord, confident that he is the ground on which we are able to approach you,

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 and find approval and acceptance with you.

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 And as we have been singing, help us, we pray,

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 to rejoice in your presence, in his name and for his sake.

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 We thank you again, Lord, today for your many acts of kindness toward us.

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 For you continue to show us your favor,

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 despite the fact that we need to confess frequently our shortcomings,

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 our own failures, our sins against you,

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 and our lapses, and the many ways in which, O Lord, we fail

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 to match up to the standard that you set before us.

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 O Lord, we are conscious that were we to depend on ourselves and our own ability,

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 we could never find a place of acceptance in your sight.

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 We thank you today that we depend upon the finished, perfect work of the Savior,

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 that we come in his name, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and on the promise that you will receive us and accept us in him.

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 We thank you for the way in which that favor and acceptance lasts

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 and will last throughout eternity for your people.

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 For all who have come to trust in him,

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 you promise that the righteousness that you impute to them will be sufficient

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 and will never be changed and cannot in any way be taken from them.

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 We thank you today for that righteousness.

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 Righteousness, as the Apostle Paul said, that is not of ourselves,

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 but that righteousness that is through faith in Christ.

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 The righteousness of Jesus himself.

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 And we thank you, Lord, today that we have once again the opportunity to come to contemplate

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 and to give thanks for all that you have done in regard to this.

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 Bless us, Lord, we pray today as a congregation.

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 And this week we have entered, Lord, we anticipate by your will,

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 taking part in many other activities and services throughout the week.

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 We set these before you and ask, Lord, that you would bless us and bless them to us.

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 We pray that your word might continue to flourish amongst us,

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 that the gospel will take effect, O Lord, increasingly in our lives,

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 that we may come more and more to show that fruit in our lives,

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 that spiritual fruit that is the product of your Spirit,

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 and that we may therefore be as lights in the world and as the salt of the earth.

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 holding forth the word of life as your disciples.

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 Forgive us, Lord, we pray for the many opportunities we let pass by us

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 in the way of your serving.

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 We thank you, Lord, that we have access to the way of serving you in this world in different ways.

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 And we pray that you would enable us by your Holy Spirit to be effective in this world.

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 Lord, we pray for our community around us,

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 for all the communities in which we find your people today,

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 throughout our land and indeed all the way through the world.

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 O Lord, our God, we recognize that there is so much against the gospel,

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 so much thinking, so much in the way of actions of people like ourselves,

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 and yet who are themselves ranged against you,

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 and who do not care and indeed are in opposition to the values and the principles of the gospel itself.

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 Remember all those today, Lord, who stand in enmity against the gospel and against your people.

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 Whatever structure of society they belong to,

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 whatever groups they may have formed for themselves,

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 Lord, you have given us a desire and a heart to pray for those who don't know you,

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 for those who oppose you,

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 for those who openly stand and defiantly against your will,

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 against your word, against your church.

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 We pray for your church as well, O Lord, in our nation,

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 and we pray that you would grant your blessing to the gospel,

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 even though we know that we hear, Lord, and see defections from your truth,

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 and that we see some, O Lord, have set up for themselves what is effectively an alternative gospel.

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 Gracious Lord, we ask that you would restore where that has been the case,

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 granted you would keep before us, Lord, how futile it is to import the culture of the age into the ways of Christ.

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 And Lord, we ask that you would make us conscious that we need to adhere closely and lovingly

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 to your commands, to your standard, to your promises and precepts

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 that are always going to be sufficient in every way for human beings throughout the age.

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 We ask your blessing today for our young folk, our children,

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 and as they receive instruction, Lord, in your word,

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 bless them today, we pray, and make us thankful for those who teach them,

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 who give of their time to study the lessons and to impart them to the children.

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 We ask that you'd bless them, Lord, from the youngest through to the oldest age group amongst them.

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 And we ask that the efforts that are made, Lord, in terms of meetings for discipleship,

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 meetings for parents and children in regards to the work in the congregation in these days and weeks to come.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would bless us and bless parents as they would take part in these discussions.

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 Help them, Lord, we pray, to contribute meaningfully to it.

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 And help us to listen to the ways in which our parents of young children seek to bring their concerns

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 and the other issues that they face in their lives to be discussed and to be part of our thinking as we look ahead.

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 Lord, bless, we pray, those today of our number who are ill.

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 We pray that you'd grant blessing especially to those who are seriously ill.

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 Bless those who have COVID.

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 Lord, we pray that it may not progress in a way that would become really ill,

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 that they would become really ill.

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 We pray that you would grant your hand upon them, Lord, to prevent this.

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 We pray that you'd bless all others, Lord, who have different illnesses.

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 We pray for those who are anticipating surgery and waiting for word,

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 those recovering and those receiving other treatments.

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 We pray for those who have issues of mental health, illness.

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 Lord, we ask that you would be pleased to speak to them today

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 and give to them a sense of your presence and of your provision for them too.

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 And help us, we pray, to bear in mind all those who suffer in different ways

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 and give us to realize, Lord, more and more how you have made provision for us in the gospel

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 and how especially in our own community we have so much also that is valuable in terms of meeting our needs.

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 Bless us then now, we pray.

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 Continue to go before us as we worship you here.

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 And throughout this day, help us to maintain it as a day of rest,

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 as a day that is holy to the Lord.

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 Lord, we ask it all in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Let's sing again to God's praise.

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 We're singing now from Psalm 130, 130.

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 This time in Sing Psalms version.

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 That's on page 173.

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 If you're using the Blue Psalm book, Psalm 130,

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 page 173, the tune is Martyrdom.

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 Lord, from the depths I call to you, Lord, hear me from on high

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 and give attention to my voice when I for mercy cry.

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 Lord, in your presence, who can stand if you our sins record?

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 But yet forgiveness is with you that we may fear you, Lord.

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 The whole of the psalm, Lord, from the depths I call to you.

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 Lord, from the depths I call to you.

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 Lord, hear me from on high

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 and give attention to my voice

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 when I for mercy cry.

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 Lord, in your presence, who can stand if you our sins record?

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 But yet forgiveness is with you that we may fear you, Lord.

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 I wait, my soul, wait for the Lord.

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 My hope is in His word.

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 More than the watchman waits for God,

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 my soul waits for the Lord.

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 O Israel, dear God,

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 O Israel, dear God,

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 O mercy is with Him,

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 and full redemption from their sins.

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 His people He'll redeem.

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 Let's now turn to read from God's word in the scriptures of the Old Testament,

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 and it's in 2 Kings chapter 5.

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 The second book of Kings, chapter 5, we're going to read verses 1 to 14.

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 It's page 372 in the pulpit Bible.

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 It should be around that same point for yourselves.

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 2 Kings chapter 5 and reading 1 to 14.

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 Naaman,

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 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and in high favor,

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 because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria.

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 He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

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 Now the Syrians, on one of the raids, had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel,

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 and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife.

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 She said to her mistress,

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 Would that my Lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria.

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 He would cure him of his leprosy.

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 So Naaman went in and told his Lord.

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 Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.

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 And the king of Syria said,

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 Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.

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 So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver,

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 six thousand shekels of gold,

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 and ten changes of clothes.

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 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read,

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 When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant,

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 that you may cure him of his leprosy.

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 And when the king of Israel read the letter,

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 he tore his clothes and said,

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 Am I God to kill and to make alive,

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 that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy?

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 Only consider and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.

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 But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes,

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 he sent to the king, saying,

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 Why have you torn your clothes?

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 Let him come now to me,

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 that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.

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 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots,

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 and stood at the door of Elisha's house.

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 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying,

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 Go and wash in the Jordan seven times,

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 and your flesh shall be restored,

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 and you shall be clean.

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 But Naaman was angry,

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 and went away, saying,

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 Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me,

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 and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God,

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 and wave his hand over the place,

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 and cure the leper.

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 Are not Abana and Farpar,

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 rivers of Damascus,

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 better than all the waters of Israel,

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 could I not wash in them and be clean?

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 So he turned and went away in a rage.

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 But a servant came near and said to him,

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 My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you.

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 Will you not do it?

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 Has he actually said to you,

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 Wash and be clean?

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 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan,

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 according to the word of the man of God.

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 And his flesh was restored,

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 like the flesh of a little child,

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 and he was clean.

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 Amen.

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 May the Lord again bless to us,

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 reading his word to his own praise.

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 Before we turn to look at this passage,

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 we'll sing once again to his praise,

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 this time Psalm 25.

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 Psalm number 25.

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 Again, it's in the Sing Psalms version,

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 page 29.

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 We're going to sing verses 4 to 9.

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 The tune this time is rocking him.

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 O Lord, reveal to me your ways,

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 and all your paths help me to know.

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 Direct and guide me in your truth.

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 Instruct me in the way to go.

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 You are my Savior and my God.

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 All day I hope in you alone.

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 Remember, Lord, your love and grace,

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 which from past ages you have shown.

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 Do not recall my sins of youth

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 or my rebellious, evil ways.

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 Remember me in your great love,

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 for you, O Lord, are good always.

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 Because the Lord is just and good,

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 he shows his paths to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek in what is right

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 and teaches them his holy way.

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 We'll sing these verses.

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 O Lord, reveal to me your ways.

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 O Lord, reveal to me your ways,

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 and all your paths help me to know.

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 O Lord, reveal to me your ways,

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 and all your paths help me to know.

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 Direct and guide me in your truth,

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 instruct me in the way to go.

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 You are my Savior and my God.

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 All day I hope in you alone.

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 Remember, Lord, your love and grace,

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 which from past ages you have shown.

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 Do not recall my sins of youth

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 or my rebellious evil ways.

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 Remember me in your great love,

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 for you, O Lord, are good always.

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 Because the Lord is just and good,

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 He shows his path to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek and watershright

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 and teaches them his holy way.

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 Now let's turn to 2 Kings 5,

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 the passage we read a minute ago,

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 verses 1 to 14.

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 And we'll consider some of the teaching

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 in this passage this morning.

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 You might say this is an account of the field marshal,

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.700
 the slave girl, and the prophet.

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 This is a story of Naaman,

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 the account of his being healed of his leprosy.

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 He was the head of the army of the Syrians.

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 And there's also this slave girl

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 that had been taken captive by the Syrians

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 on one of their raids.

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 And of course there is the prophet Elisha,

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.660
 the man of God.

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 People's lives sometimes are often bound

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.720
 by the circumstances,

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:21.240
 the experiences that they share in life.

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 Many lasting relationships began

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:27.539
 with people being unexpectedly thrown together

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 into certain situations and circumstances

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 that perhaps they hadn't anticipated.

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 And yet from that developed

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:38.200
 some lifelong relationships or friendships.

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 And you have,

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.940
 whether that was the case here or not,

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 but you have the lives of certain people

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:48.240
 thrown together in this incident here

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.420
 in chapter 5.

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 In fact, there are six individuals,

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:54.299
 six people altogether in the passage.

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 If you take in the rest of the chapter as well,

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.779
 there are two kings,

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 the king of Syria and the king of Israel.

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 There's the prophet Elisha.

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 There's this little slave girl.

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 There's Naaman.

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 And then later in the passage,

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:08.480
 there's Elisha's servant Gehazi.

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 And they're all together in this incident

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.019
 that took place,

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 especially circled,

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:17.000
 centered on Naaman

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 and his healing of leprosy.

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 So we're going to look at these in turn

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 and look at how in the account that we have here,

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.940
 as we follow it through,

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.980
 these three individuals,

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 we're going to focus on these three,

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 the Naaman himself,

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 the servant girl,

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 and also Elisha, the godly prophet.

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 You have the great man,

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 the girl servant,

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 and the godly prophet.

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 And from that,

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:44.220
 some of the teaching in the passage

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.379
 comes across to us

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:47.920
 as we focus on the three individuals themselves

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 and how they interrelate

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:52.079
 throughout the way the passage develops.

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 So look at,

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 first of all,

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 the passage begins with

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 the field marshal,

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 the great man,

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.319
 Naaman,

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 commander of the army

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 of the king of Syria,

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 was a great man

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 with his master

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 and in high favor

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 because by him

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 the Lord had given victory

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 to Syria.

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 He was a mighty man of valor.

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 Now that's a very deliberate description.

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 And you might ask,

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.379
 well,

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 why does it go into

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 all of that detail?

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 One of the reasons is

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:21.419
 that the following detail

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 is such a contrast,

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 you might think,

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.779
 to what's being said there already.

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 So this man,

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.099
 Naaman,

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 he was in charge

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:30.559
 of the whole army

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 of the king of Syria.

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 If you go by the ranks

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 in the British army,

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 that would make him

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.759
 field marshal,

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 the very top

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 of the strata

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 of the strata

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 of command

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.639
 in the Syrian army.

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 So he was commander

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.219
 of the army,

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 of the whole army.

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 Not only that,

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.059
 but he was very close

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.699
 to the king.

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 The king obviously

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:52.159
 valued his leadership.

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 He depended on him

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 so much

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.099
 as the leader

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 in charge of the army.

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:59.059
 He was also a brave man.

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 It's spoken there

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:02.000
 in very clear terms.

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 He was a mighty man

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 of valor.

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 The Lord by him

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 had given victory

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.099
 to Syria.

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 All of these details

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.699
 are followed by this,

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 but he was a leper.

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 For all his greatness,

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.639
 for all his stature,

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.740
 for all his bravery,

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.500
 for all his ability,

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.000
 for all his courage,

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:26.359
 he was a leper.

00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:27.199
 Now,

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:29.559
 in the Old Testament,

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.980
 sometimes the word

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.859
 for leper

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.599
 can be indicative

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.980
 of other similar diseases,

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.779
 but it seems here

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.579
 that it was indeed leprosy,

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.879
 Hansen's disease,

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.899
 as it's called nowadays,

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.359
 that this was in fact

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.759
 what this man suffered from.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:47.319
 He had this serious condition.

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.059
 Leprosy was and is,

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.059
 although it's rarer now

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.199
 than it was then.

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.240
 It's a disease

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.619
 that affects the skin,

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.779
 but it's actually a disease,

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.259
 first and foremost,

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.639
 of the nervous system.

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.879
 It attacks the nervous system,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:01.380
 and then it can develop

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.100
 in such a way

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:04.580
 that leads to muscle wastage

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.520
 and deformity,

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 as you know.

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.500
 And as it attacks

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.040
 the nervous system

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:10.380
 and the nerve endings,

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.880
 especially,

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.460
 you'll find that

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.880
 those who have had leprosy

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.780
 and have leprosy,

00:26:16.260 --> 00:26:17.940
 and as it has developed,

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.440
 will lose the sense

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.480
 of feeling

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.500
 in their fingers,

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.080
 for example.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.420
 That's why somebody

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.940
 with leprosy

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.740
 can pick up something

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.420
 as red hot

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.440
 and not feel pain.

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.960
 And, you know,

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:31.560
 that's just by the way,

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:33.120
 but we often complain

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:34.300
 about having pains,

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.620
 and pain is certainly

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.400
 very, very difficult

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.180
 to live with,

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.880
 but actually,

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.220
 in one sense,

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.440
 pain is beneficial

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.640
 because it tells you

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.820
 there's something wrong,

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.440
 and it tells you

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.880
 it's something

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.640
 you maybe need to deal with,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.840
 maybe even urgently.

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.360
 Sometimes we should

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.320
 just stop and think

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.860
 that pain is something

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.500
 we should actually

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.980
 thank God for,

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.660
 though it is very difficult

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:57.059
 to live with constant pain,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.420
 and we need medication

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.880
 for it,

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.299
 and there's nothing

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.019
 wrong with that.

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.360
 I want to imagine

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:03.279
 living without any sense

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.720
 of feeling,

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:05.079
 without the nerve endings

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.839
 that tell you

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.319
 that something's red hot.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.920
 Well, here was a man

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.839
 who was a leper.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.920
 He suffered from leprosy

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.400
 and probably had some

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:15.299
 of those issues

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:18.759
 with regard to his own body.

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.180
 And in the Bible,

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.660
 as you know,

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:23.660
 leprosy is mentioned

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.300
 frequently,

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:27.019
 but leprosy is also

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.940
 mentioned in the Bible

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.140
 symbolically.

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.220
 It's not that God

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.560
 actually inflicted people

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:33.900
 with leprosy

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.900
 just so that he could

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.920
 use it as a symbol

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.600
 of something,

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:38.140
 but leprosy,

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.100
 as it did exist,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.000
 as a disease,

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.620
 having its own

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.400
 characteristics,

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:45.660
 the Bible uses it

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.340
 or it was used

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.759
 under God's direction

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.300
 as a symbol

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.200
 of the effects

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.319
 of sin as well.

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.460
 Because one of the things

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.539
 you find with leprosy

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.319
 and with leper

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.279
 is that leper

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.720
 was actually set away

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.720
 from the main body

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.340
 of the people

00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:01.259
 in order to actually

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:03.000
 be in a place

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.700
 by themselves,

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.660
 a leper colony

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:06.120
 as it used to be called.

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.900
 Sometimes you might think,

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.860
 well, that's pretty cruel.

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.400
 You're sending people away

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.279
 because they're suffering

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.140
 from leprosy.

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.080
 They're with others

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:14.279
 who suffer from leprosy.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.620
 They're actually outside

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:17.420
 of the social circles

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.620
 of their own people.

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.199
 And of course,

00:28:19.479 --> 00:28:20.099
 that is the case,

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.519
 but it's a protective measure.

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.959
 It was really a form

00:28:22.959 --> 00:28:23.839
 of quarantine

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.659
 so as to protect

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.719
 those who didn't

00:28:26.719 --> 00:28:27.379
 have leprosy

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.359
 in case they themselves

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.579
 contracted it

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:31.019
 and began to suffer from it.

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:32.539
 So in many ways,

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.339
 it was an act

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:35.939
 of quarantine

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:37.000
 and of protection,

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.639
 a protective measure

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.639
 for the community.

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.859
 In any case,

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.879
 that meant

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.399
 that the person

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.239
 with leprosy

00:28:43.239 --> 00:28:44.739
 was kept at a distance

00:28:44.739 --> 00:28:46.239
 from the main body

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.819
 of the people.

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.680
 And as you find

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.640
 in the Bible,

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.880
 leprosy to be symbolical

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.160
 of separation

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:55.200
 from social interaction

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.220
 and certainly separation

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:59.339
 from God

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.980
 in the sense

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.299
 that leprosy

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:03.120
 was a symbol of sin

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.759
 and the effects of sin

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.960
 and the wastage of sin.

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.319
 All of these things

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.200
 were built into it

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.940
 as a symbol,

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.859
 as something

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.160
 which represented that.

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.140
 And you'll find,

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.440
 therefore,

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.079
 that when you come

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.079
 to the New Testament,

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.859
 you've got a wonderful emphasis

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.859
 in the likes of

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.240
 Mark chapter 4,

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:21.259
 chapter 1 and verse 40,

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.579
 rather,

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.480
 of Jesus doing something

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.779
 which wasn't actually

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.539
 allowed ceremonially.

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:28.000
 The leper was unclean,

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.980
 but Jesus touched

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.839
 this leper

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.139
 and cleansed him.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.019
 If you will,

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.559
 said the man,

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.980
 you can make me clean.

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.039
 And Jesus touched him

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.299
 and said,

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.779
 I will.

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.939
 Be clean.

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.159
 Be healed.

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.980
 And that, of course,

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.659
 reminds us

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.080
 that Jesus

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:46.480
 is the great healer.

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.640
 Here he is

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.120
 dealing with

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.940
 what represented

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.680
 sin

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.940
 and represented

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.519
 being ostracized

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.540
 and separated

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:54.540
 from the community

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.400
 and needing

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.740
 to be rehabilitated.

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.360
 And that's what

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.680
 a Christian is.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.279
 It's somebody

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.640
 who has been

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:02.019
 dealt with by God

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:04.600
 so that the sin

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.440
 that is ours

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.860
 naturally is dealt with

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:08.480
 and dealt with successfully

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:10.660
 and we're rehabilitated

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.019
 into the company

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.759
 and in the fellowship

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.440
 of the people

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.079
 of God

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.220
 spiritually

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.859
 and morally.

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.779
 That's what God does.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.579
 That's what God

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:20.640
 in saving his people

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.940
 does.

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.819
 That's what conversion,

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.079
 that's what being

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.259
 or becoming a Christian

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.400
 in many ways

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.019
 is about.

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.059
 Well, here is a man

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.799
 who,

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.980
 for all his achievements,

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.819
 for all his stature,

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.039
 he suffered from leprosy.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:37.299
 And it just reminds us

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.680
 as well,

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.139
 doesn't it,

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:40.059
 that for all the achievements

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.779
 we may have

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.720
 in this life,

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.399
 for all the stature

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:44.359
 that we may gain,

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.920
 for all the social prominence

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.779
 we may have,

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:50.500
 we still need a healer.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.279
 We still need Christ.

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:56.299
 We still need Jesus

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.559
 to be our Savior.

00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:01.339
 none of these elements

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:03.119
 in our ability,

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.059
 in our social status

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.819
 or anything else,

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.179
 none of that is really

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.940
 of any use

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.399
 as far as giving us

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.779
 a place in the favor

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.940
 of God is concerned.

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:14.079
 Only God can do that.

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.139
 And God does that

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:18.059
 when he brings us

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.399
 to know himself

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.079
 and brings us

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.099
 into living fellowship

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.879
 with Jesus Christ.

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.520
 And it also reminds us,

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:24.900
 doesn't it,

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.180
 although obviously

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:29.040
 leprosy was very obvious,

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.660
 but nevertheless,

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:33.200
 let's also not lose sight

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.920
 of the fact that

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.460
 many people

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.320
 who may appear outwardly

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.080
 to a very little

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:39.740
 troubling their lives,

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.160
 underneath that

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:43.620
 may be a very serious concern

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.680
 or issue for them.

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.560
 We just never know

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.100
 what's happening

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:48.420
 in someone's life secretly.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.300
 There are many people

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:51.100
 in our community.

00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.860
 There may be some people

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.679
 in here today

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:55.779
 who are carrying a burden,

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.459
 carrying a weight,

00:31:57.719 --> 00:31:58.339
 carrying something

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.240
 of a concern

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.619
 that they're not able

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.899
 to share with other people,

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:04.019
 but they can bring it to God.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.099
 We have to be careful

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:07.559
 in our relation with people.

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.619
 Maybe they're people

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.919
 who we regard as very grumpy

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:13.199
 or very distant or whatever.

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.399
 You just don't know

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:15.819
 what's in that person's life

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.119
 unless they tell you.

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.819
 Well, here is Naaman,

00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:21.959
 commander of the king's army

00:32:21.959 --> 00:32:22.599
 in Syria.

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:25.639
 But he was a leper.

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:28.299
 And then he came across

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:30.059
 this girl

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.479
 who was a servant,

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.099
 a slave.

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:34.039
 You can see how she became

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.240
 a slave to Naaman's wife.

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.799
 The Syrians on one of the raids,

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.359
 verse 2,

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.699
 had carried off a little girl

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:42.000
 from the land of Israel.

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.799
 And she worked in the service

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.740
 of Naaman's wife.

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.219
 And she said to her mistress,

00:32:46.219 --> 00:32:47.439
 Would that my lord

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:48.639
 were with the prophet

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.659
 who is in Samaria.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:51.080
 He would cure him

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.880
 of his leprosy.

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.880
 So Naaman then went

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.660
 and told the king

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.820
 about this.

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.900
 Now this is very interesting

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.420
 that this unknown,

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.440
 unnamed girl

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:01.340
 actually fits into

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:03.259
 such a central part

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.700
 in the whole process

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.980
 leading to Naaman's

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:09.220
 cure of his leprosy.

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:11.920
 And it reminds us,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.339
 doesn't it,

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:14.740
 that whatever way

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.440
 we come about

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.079
 to be in a certain place

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.799
 at any time,

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.360
 there are no accidents

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.799
 as far as God's placement

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.519
 is concerned.

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.460
 Here was a girl

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.019
 who was actually brought

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.100
 on one of the raids

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.799
 of the Syrians,

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.539
 carried off,

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.420
 so that she could be

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:29.000
 a slave in this

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.339
 important man's house

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.579
 for his wife.

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.019
 But that's where

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.940
 God had placed her.

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.279
 God didn't approve

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.819
 at all of the way

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.500
 that she had actually

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.299
 ended up there.

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.559
 He didn't approve

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.920
 of the raiding party.

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.220
 He didn't give that

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.659
 as his mark of approval.

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.899
 But nevertheless,

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.940
 this girl is placed

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.220
 deliberately by God

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.960
 and his providence

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.319
 in this home

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.359
 without which

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.619
 they would not have heard

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.559
 of the Elisha

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:56.039
 who was the prophet

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.959
 in Samaria.

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.039
 And so it reminds us

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.139
 that God's placement

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:03.979
 of us is always precise,

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.579
 always deliberate,

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.699
 always purposeful.

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.880
 Where are you today

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.559
 in your place of work?

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.619
 Who do you sit alongside?

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.739
 Who do you work alongside?

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.139
 Where are you

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.480
 in terms of your neighborhood

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.699
 or the street

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.599
 in which you live?

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.119
 Where are you

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.279
 in terms of people

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:23.219
 you interact with

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.919
 on a daily basis perhaps

00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:26.199
 or on a regular basis?

00:34:26.959 --> 00:34:28.259
 Well, God in his providence

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.539
 has placed you there

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.179
 deliberately.

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.559
 And he's placed you there

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.059
 deliberately

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.619
 for his own sake.

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.019
 And especially today

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.480
 if you are a Christian

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.859
 witness to Jesus

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:39.659
 and to some extent

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.539
 we all are.

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.139
 Otherwise,

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.079
 why are we here?

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.439
 Well, that's something

00:34:44.439 --> 00:34:45.339
 that God is saying.

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.539
 That's why I've placed you

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.339
 where I've placed you.

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.579
 So that you can be

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.980
 a testimony to me.

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:51.799
 That you can tell about me.

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.760
 that you can actually

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.519
 do this

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.360
 on an ongoing basis.

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.600
 And it's important

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.180
 of course too

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:58.200
 for our young people.

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.840
 They're in the Sunday school

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.440
 and Bible class today.

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.100
 Although some people

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.840
 some of them

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.360
 may be watching

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.500
 of course online as well.

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.620
 But there are relatively

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:07.860
 young people here as well.

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.760
 And as our young people

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.340
 very often leave home

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.120
 and go to work

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.580
 on the mainland

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:13.800
 or study on the mainland.

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.539
 This is the kind of advice

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.720
 we always try to give them.

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:18.580
 Be true to Jesus.

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.380
 Be true to the values

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.140
 of God.

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.559
 Be true wherever

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.240
 you're placed.

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:26.059
 Wherever God's providence

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.119
 actually places you.

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.480
 Be true to the things

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.320
 you've learned

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.519
 in your Sunday school.

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.720
 In your Bible class.

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.519
 In your church.

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.599
 Under the preaching

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.760
 of the word of God.

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.500
 And that's what he's saying

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.059
 to ourselves as well today.

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.160
 Here was a little girl.

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.280
 And she was true

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.840
 to her faith.

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.180
 She was true

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.780
 to the religion

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.740
 she belonged to

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:47.039
 of the people of Israel.

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.159
 Israel.

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:49.019
 She spoke up

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.739
 with concern

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.659
 for this Naaman

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:54.420
 who actually owned

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.980
 her really

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.619
 as the person

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.860
 who was in charge

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.739
 of that household.

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.920
 But she spoke up

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.519
 and said

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.900
 if only my Lord

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.699
 were with the prophet

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:06.139
 who's in Samaria

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.619
 he would cure him

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:09.000
 of his leprosy.

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.719
 So that's really

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.900
 one of the great

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.259
 great emphases

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.940
 that we have

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:14.119
 in our Christian life

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.460
 isn't it?

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.440
 We come across

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.420
 different people

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.099
 different days

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.860
 different areas

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.019
 especially those

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.159
 we are with regularly.

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.840
 This is the business

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.740
 that we're in

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:24.059
 as far as God is concerned.

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.659
 Tell them about me

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.240
 he's saying.

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.679
 Tell them about

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.619
 where there is a cure

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.340
 for their sin.

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.880
 Tell them

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:31.199
 where there is

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.639
 a person

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.320
 who knows

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.039
 their situation

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.240
 where this saviour

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:35.019
 is to be found

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.380
 and what he can do

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.940
 for them.

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.920
 And so she spoke up

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:43.139
 and even though

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.980
 she's not named

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.519
 that's not important.

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.079
 You may never be famous.

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.219
 We may never have

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.460
 prominence in society.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.539
 We may never leave

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.019
 a legacy

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.980
 that will be thought about

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.940
 for many generations

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.639
 to come.

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.860
 That doesn't really matter.

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.940
 What really matters

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.119
 is that for the time

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:03.340
 that you and I

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.659
 have in this world

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:06.039
 and for the time

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.280
 that God enables us

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:08.199
 and leaves us

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.179
 with our abilities

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.480
 mentally and physically

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.440
 we are there for him.

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:14.039
 we are there

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.539
 to be his representatives

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.980
 to be his people

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.179
 to be his witnesses

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:20.019
 to be his church.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.980
 It doesn't matter

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.840
 how old we are

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.880
 it doesn't matter

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:25.119
 how young we may be

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:26.539
 wherever God

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.280
 has placed us

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.880
 we are there

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.159
 for him

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:30.639
 and for his sake.

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:33.340
 So here's the servant girl

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.800
 the slave girl

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.800
 and we come now

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.980
 to the godly prophet.

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:41.139
 verses 4 to 8

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:42.539
 actually tell us

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:44.219
 of how things developed.

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.599
 Naaman went into

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.440
 his own king

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.519
 his own master

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:49.000
 told him about

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.079
 what this girl had said

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.320
 so the king of Syria said

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:52.260
 well you go

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.280
 and I'll send a letter

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.199
 to the king of Israel

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.980
 so he did so.

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:55.920
 And of course

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.980
 Naaman took with him

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.480
 a whole lot of stuff

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.500
 that he was going to give

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.099
 to Elisha

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.740
 this was his

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.960
 this was his

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.260
 going to be

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:04.179
 Elisha's reward

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.000
 for what he was going

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.699
 to do for him.

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.260
 He took all of these things

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:08.120
 that are mentioned there

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:09.080
 the money

00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:10.600
 the changes of clothes

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.960
 and he took the letter

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.400
 as well

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.420
 from the king of Syria

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:15.380
 to commend Naaman

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.820
 to the king of Israel

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:19.780
 and when the king of Israel

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.620
 read the letter

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.900
 he was furious

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.200
 he tore his clothes

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:24.080
 and he said

00:38:24.080 --> 00:38:24.860
 am I God

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.320
 to kill

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.160
 and to make alive

00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:27.100
 that this man

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:28.040
 sends word to me

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:28.960
 to cure a man

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.640
 of his leprosy

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.700
 only consider and see

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.560
 how he's seeking

00:38:31.560 --> 00:38:32.360
 a quarrel with me

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.280
 that's all the king of

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:34.280
 the king of Israel

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.920
 made of it

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.300
 and of course

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.220
 he was quite wrong.

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.099
 that's why

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:38.139
 Elisha actually

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:39.079
 scolded him

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:40.119
 when he heard about this

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.059
 when he heard

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.699
 that he had torn

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.619
 his clothes

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.119
 that he had done

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.279
 this dramatic

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:45.559
 thing

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:47.459
 why have you done this?

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.259
 let him come now

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:51.839
 to me

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.959
 that he may know

00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:53.619
 that there is

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.879
 a prophet in Israel

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:55.399
 in other words

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:56.379
 Elisha was saying

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:57.279
 to his king

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.359
 to the king of Israel

00:38:58.359 --> 00:38:59.099
 what on earth

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.019
 are you thinking about?

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.639
 do you think

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.480
 there is no God

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.139
 in this place?

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.019
 do you think

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:04.500
 God cannot cure this man?

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:06.699
 there is a man

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.380
 who is king

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.920
 and he's just lost

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.559
 his way

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.280
 he's lost his way

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:12.099
 spiritually

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.719
 he should

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:14.800
 immediately have said

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.619
 of course

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.539
 Elisha

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.400
 the man of God

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.559
 I'll send you

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.300
 I'll introduce you

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.760
 to him

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.579
 and he'll be able

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.380
 to help you

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.840
 and here is this man

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.739
 this king of Israel

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.719
 that's not what's

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.400
 on his mind

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.719
 he's looking after himself

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.800
 and his own interests

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.500
 and he has it

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.980
 in his mind

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.780
 the only reason

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.780
 that this name

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.380
 has come from

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.159
 the king of Syria

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.379
 is to actually

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:34.440
 be a plant

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:36.399
 in order to spy out

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:37.759
 in order to actually

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.799
 seek a quarrel

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:40.259
 an excuse for war

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:43.259
 well how wrong

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.879
 we can be

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:45.579
 how wrong

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.500
 our political leaders

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.500
 can be as well

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:49.339
 and how wrong

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:51.139
 we can be ourselves

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:53.259
 in our conclusions

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.139
 about things

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:55.500
 so that's how he came

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:57.539
 to meet Elisha

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.440
 and so

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.699
 in verse 9

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.259
 Naaman came

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.860
 with his horses

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.639
 and chariots

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:03.599
 and stood

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.320
 at the door

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.920
 of Elisha's house

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.639
 and Elisha sent

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.599
 a messenger to him

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.539
 saying go

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.579
 and wash in the Jordan

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.300
 seven times

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.320
 and your flesh

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.960
 shall be restored

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.480
 now if you look

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.500
 carefully at the wording

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.840
 there

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.880
 it's very deliberately

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.500
 worded

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.380
 and it's really interesting

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.579
 how the detail

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.500
 is given to us

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.840
 Naaman came

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:21.159
 with his horses

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.019
 and chariots

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:23.219
 and stood

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.900
 at the door

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.440
 of Elisha

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.139
 there is this

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:26.059
 great man

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.679
 this famous

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.699
 field marshal

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.579
 in Syria

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.359
 and there he is

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:31.799
 with all his retinue

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.799
 with his grand

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:34.000
 accompaniment

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.319
 and there he's coming

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:36.099
 to Elisha

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:37.239
 the prophet of God

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.819
 in Israel

00:40:37.819 --> 00:40:39.000
 and he stands

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.920
 at Elisha's door

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.879
 he doesn't dismount

00:40:40.879 --> 00:40:41.639
 from his chariot

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.799
 he's expecting

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.699
 that this man

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.739
 Elisha will come out

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.579
 and have an audience

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.119
 with him

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.039
 all he's got to do

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.920
 is stand there

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.359
 and show his importance

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:50.460
 surely Elisha

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.239
 is going to recognize

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:52.239
 this is a really

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:52.920
 important man

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.639
 I'd better go out

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.400
 and talk with him

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.400
 Naaman

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.039
 doesn't do

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.880
 any such thing

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:59.119
 just leaves him

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.880
 standing there

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:01.780
 and he sends

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.300
 a messenger

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.940
 instead

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:05.240
 and the messenger

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:06.019
 says go and

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:07.680
 wash in the Jordan

00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:09.460
 seven times

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:11.059
 and

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:13.019
 as Elisha's

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.680
 message is

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.980
 given to Naaman

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:16.720
 he becomes

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.840
 absolutely

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.860
 furious

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.740
 he goes away

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.280
 in fact

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.720
 in a rage

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.219
 as you read

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:24.659
 later on

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.179
 in the passage

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.119
 in verse 12

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.279
 why is he so angry

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:29.939
 why would a person

00:41:29.939 --> 00:41:30.759
 be so

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:32.039
 enraged

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:33.559
 about a message

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.399
 that was to do

00:41:34.399 --> 00:41:35.139
 with the healing

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:36.159
 of his leprosy

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.679
 what could cause

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.759
 such a reaction

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:40.939
 well two things

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.699
 two very closely

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:43.159
 related things

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.559
 Naaman

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.179
 had come

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.980
 to Elisha

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.139
 with his own

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.679
 plan

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:50.619
 with his own

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.599
 idea of how

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.059
 he was going

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.739
 to be cured

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:54.059
 of his leprosy

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.219
 see what he's

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.699
 saying here

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.599
 verse 11

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.759
 Naaman was angry

00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.379
 and went away

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:58.619
 saying

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.500
 behold

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.879
 I thought

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:01.359
 that he would

00:42:01.359 --> 00:42:02.299
 surely come out

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:03.359
 and stand

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:04.219
 and call upon

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:05.059
 the name of the Lord

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:06.519
 and wave his hand

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.239
 over the place

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.679
 and cure the leprosy

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:10.079
 there was

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.440
 the Naaman's

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.919
 own

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.719
 idea

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.559
 of what was

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.179
 necessary

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:15.099
 to cure him

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:16.219
 from his leprosy

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.339
 and it's all

00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:17.900
 built into

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:19.299
 these two words

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:20.819
 I thought

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.920
 behold

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:23.579
 I thought

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.079
 that's your problem

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:26.279
 and that's my problem

00:42:26.279 --> 00:42:27.360
 when it comes to

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:28.000
 our dealing

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.779
 with our sin

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.699
 our relationship

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.579
 with God

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.519
 how is it

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.000
 we think

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.539
 naturally

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.500
 just like Naaman

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.759
 I thought

00:42:34.759 --> 00:42:36.179
 it's our own thoughts

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.319
 we want to focus on

00:42:37.319 --> 00:42:38.420
 it's our own thoughts

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.460
 we want to stand on

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.639
 we have our own plan

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:41.539
 as to how our life

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.199
 should develop

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.579
 human lives

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.900
 sinful lives

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.880
 have their own idea

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:47.300
 as how things

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:49.220
 can be put right

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:53.180
 behold

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:55.300
 I thought

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:57.780
 you go to the New Testament

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:59.220
 and you'll find

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.900
 the same thing

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.980
 many times

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.599
 just go to Saul

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.220
 of Tarsus

00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:04.099
 who became

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.139
 the Apostle Paul

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.260
 and these words

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.700
 would fit

00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:07.720
 very much

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:09.500
 into his own testimony

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.539
 as you find it

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:10.920
 in the likes

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.880
 of Philippians 3

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:13.000
 which we looked at

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.920
 not so long ago

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.360
 and there was

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.920
 this man

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:17.920
 this very able man

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.079
 this teacher

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.860
 in Israel

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:23.639
 Saul of Tarsus

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:26.639
 Pharisee

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:29.280
 skilled in the Old Testament

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.940
 knew his Bible

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:33.500
 and he had his own idea

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:35.599
 of how he was right

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.300
 with God

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.780
 when many others

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.340
 were wrong

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:41.240
 his own ability

00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:42.340
 his own

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.360
 keeping of the law

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:45.440
 his own obedience

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.019
 to God

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.920
 as he saw it

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:48.460
 that's what really

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.620
 gave him

00:43:49.620 --> 00:43:51.039
 in God's sight

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.940
 gave him

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.460
 the kudos

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:53.100
 gave him

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:54.120
 the acceptance

00:43:54.120 --> 00:43:55.019
 gave him

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.780
 undoubtedly

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.760
 the favor of God

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.860
 as far as he was concerned

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:59.180
 until Jesus

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.900
 met him

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.780
 on the way

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.980
 to Damascus

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:03.200
 and his plan

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.880
 crumbled

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.720
 God

00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:07.220
 crushed his plan

00:44:07.220 --> 00:44:08.360
 he smashed it up

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.559
 because it was

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.579
 completely wrong

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:13.099
 and Paul

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.840
 would have said

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.340
 behold

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:15.740
 I thought

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:17.200
 I thought

00:44:17.200 --> 00:44:17.980
 this was the way

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:19.320
 I was convinced

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:20.180
 this was the way

00:44:20.180 --> 00:44:21.300
 I was convinced

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:22.340
 I was in the right

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.940
 but God

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.860
 had other ideas

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:26.700
 and Jesus

00:44:26.700 --> 00:44:27.720
 soon destroyed

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:30.099
 Saul's own plan

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:31.740
 and Saul's own

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:33.239
 view of salvation

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.879
 not only did

00:44:33.879 --> 00:44:34.539
 Naaman

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:35.159
 though come

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:36.459
 with his own plan

00:44:36.459 --> 00:44:37.719
 he also came

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:39.639
 in his pride

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:41.199
 and the two things

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:42.239
 very often go together

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.639
 don't they

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.659
 almost inevitably

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:44.299
 go together

00:44:44.299 --> 00:44:45.599
 our own plan

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:46.399
 as to how we come

00:44:46.399 --> 00:44:47.219
 to be saved

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:48.839
 and our pride

00:44:48.839 --> 00:44:50.119
 in standing on

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:51.000
 that plan

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.899
 and on that idea

00:44:51.899 --> 00:44:52.259
 but you see

00:44:52.259 --> 00:44:52.739
 what he's saying

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:54.019
 he was told

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:55.039
 go and wash in the Jordan

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.919
 seven times

00:44:55.919 --> 00:44:56.899
 what does he say

00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:57.879
 are not

00:44:57.879 --> 00:44:58.539
 Abana

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.399
 and Farfar

00:44:59.399 --> 00:45:00.799
 the rivers of Damascus

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:02.240
 better than all

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:03.280
 the waters of Israel

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:04.400
 could I not

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:05.480
 wash in them

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.080
 and be clean

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:07.000
 so he turned

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.560
 and went away

00:45:07.560 --> 00:45:08.060
 in a rage

00:45:08.060 --> 00:45:08.740
 you see what he's saying

00:45:08.740 --> 00:45:09.760
 well Abana

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.440
 and Farfar

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:11.140
 apparently were

00:45:11.140 --> 00:45:12.440
 very clear waters

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:14.060
 beautiful rivers

00:45:14.060 --> 00:45:15.280
 whereas the Jordan

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.539
 very often brown

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.400
 and dirty brown

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.640
 carrying a lot of soil

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:20.700
 here is this man saying

00:45:20.700 --> 00:45:22.600
 I'm not going to wash

00:45:22.600 --> 00:45:23.300
 in the Jordan

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:24.640
 I've got Farfar

00:45:24.640 --> 00:45:25.860
 I've got Abana

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.700
 back home

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.640
 and they're better

00:45:27.640 --> 00:45:28.720
 than all the waters

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.360
 of Israel

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:30.599
 can I not wash

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.019
 in them

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:32.019
 and be cleaned

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:35.400
 you see his pride

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:37.460
 and his plan

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.180
 go together

00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:41.480
 and it's his pride

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:43.559
 for this moment

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.599
 that just will not

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.120
 accept

00:45:45.120 --> 00:45:46.780
 that the word

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.400
 that God

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.079
 has sent him

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.840
 through the prophet

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:50.640
 is actually superior

00:45:50.640 --> 00:45:51.620
 to any of his own

00:45:51.620 --> 00:45:52.160
 plans

00:45:52.160 --> 00:45:53.780
 yes the waters

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.820
 of the Jordan

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:56.079
 may be dirty brown

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:56.559
 compared

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:57.840
 to the rivers

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.940
 of Damascus

00:45:58.940 --> 00:46:00.659
 but that's where

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.380
 God is saying

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:02.279
 that's where

00:46:02.279 --> 00:46:03.039
 you'll be cured

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:05.039
 and you know

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:06.299
 that's so often

00:46:06.299 --> 00:46:07.199
 the case isn't it

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:08.500
 with the presentation

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:09.420
 of the gospel

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:10.420
 and the message

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.199
 of the gospel

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:13.880
 about Jesus Christ

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:16.299
 I thought

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:18.139
 we say in relation

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.619
 to that

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.820
 I thought

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:21.360
 that my own work

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:22.079
 would be enough

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:23.619
 that my own ability

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.599
 would see me through

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:26.779
 and aren't there

00:46:26.779 --> 00:46:27.519
 just so many

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.339
 other ways

00:46:28.339 --> 00:46:29.460
 along with the way

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.380
 that the Bible

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:31.179
 talks about

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:32.139
 when it speaks

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.799
 about putting

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:33.420
 your trust

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.000
 in Jesus

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:35.299
 and having Jesus

00:46:35.299 --> 00:46:36.099
 exclusively

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:37.039
 as your savior

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:38.000
 are there not

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:39.159
 all these other ways

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.699
 are they not

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:40.599
 just as good

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:41.659
 are not these

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:42.380
 other religions

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:43.239
 just as good

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.480
 is secularism

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.500
 not just as good

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:48.319
 well God is saying

00:46:48.319 --> 00:46:50.299
 you believe

00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:51.199
 in the Lord

00:46:51.199 --> 00:46:52.199
 Jesus Christ

00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:53.839
 and you shall

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.639
 be saved

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:57.119
 that's God's way

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:59.159
 that's so often

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.839
 what Paul is emphasizing

00:47:00.839 --> 00:47:02.139
 in the likes

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:03.719
 of his letter

00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:04.399
 to the Corinthians

00:47:04.399 --> 00:47:05.159
 for example

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:07.179
 as he talks there

00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:07.500
 about

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:08.899
 to the Corinthians

00:47:08.899 --> 00:47:09.579
 about

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.599
 the wisdom

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:11.460
 of God

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:12.759
 as against

00:47:12.759 --> 00:47:13.319
 the wisdom

00:47:13.319 --> 00:47:14.279
 of human beings

00:47:14.279 --> 00:47:14.739
 the wisdom

00:47:14.739 --> 00:47:15.279
 of men

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:17.000
 and here he is

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.439
 saying that

00:47:17.439 --> 00:47:18.399
 the Jews

00:47:18.399 --> 00:47:19.960
 seek after

00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:21.379
 wisdom

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:22.640
 so do the Greeks

00:47:22.640 --> 00:47:24.119
 they are all

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:24.980
 after wisdom

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:26.460
 the way of wisdom

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.940
 the way

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.960
 of acceptance

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.800
 with God

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:31.820
 but we preach

00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:33.039
 Christ crucified

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:35.280
 stumbling block

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:36.119
 to the Jews

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:38.240
 and foolishness

00:47:38.240 --> 00:47:39.039
 to the Greeks

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:46.079
 a man who was

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:46.720
 crucified

00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:49.079
 on a cross

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.820
 at Calvary

00:47:49.820 --> 00:47:53.160
 rose from the dead

00:47:53.160 --> 00:47:54.220
 three days later

00:47:54.220 --> 00:47:56.380
 ascended to heaven

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:56.980
 that's the record

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.700
 of the gospel

00:47:57.700 --> 00:48:01.000
 and yet our hearts

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.900
 unless God

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.820
 changes us

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:03.260
 will say

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:04.340
 no I can't

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:05.120
 accept that

00:48:05.120 --> 00:48:06.860
 that just

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.680
 can't be right

00:48:07.680 --> 00:48:09.080
 I prefer

00:48:09.080 --> 00:48:09.960
 my own way

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:11.519
 I thought

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:12.980
 it should be

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:13.559
 this way

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.800
 let me ask

00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:16.480
 this question

00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:20.559
 do you have

00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:21.099
 a plan

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:21.639
 today

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:23.440
 and a pride

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:25.199
 that's keeping

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:26.059
 you from peace

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:26.800
 with God

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:29.980
 is your own

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.480
 plan

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.619
 and your own

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:32.219
 pride

00:48:32.219 --> 00:48:33.659
 keeping you

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:34.300
 from peace

00:48:34.300 --> 00:48:35.019
 with God

00:48:35.019 --> 00:48:36.500
 from coming

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:37.079
 to know

00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:37.480
 the way

00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:38.159
 of salvation

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:39.460
 as God

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:40.179
 sets it out

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:40.880
 for us

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:42.099
 have you

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:42.840
 discarded

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:43.639
 your own

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:43.880
 view

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.280
 have I

00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:44.719
 discarded

00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:45.400
 my own

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:45.720
 view

00:48:45.720 --> 00:48:46.720
 as I am

00:48:46.720 --> 00:48:47.300
 as a sinner

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.840
 fallen

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:49.900
 into sin

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:51.720
 and with my

00:48:51.720 --> 00:48:52.380
 own ideas

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:53.460
 of how I

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:53.880
 should be

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.380
 living my

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:54.680
 life

00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:54.960
 and be

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.380
 right with

00:48:55.380 --> 00:48:55.599
 God

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.579
 have you

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:56.980
 have I

00:48:56.980 --> 00:48:57.840
 discarded

00:48:57.840 --> 00:48:58.340
 that

00:48:58.340 --> 00:49:00.260
 and taken

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:00.940
 up instead

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.740
 God's plan

00:49:01.740 --> 00:49:02.440
 in Christ

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:04.380
 because that's

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:04.660
 really

00:49:04.660 --> 00:49:05.880
 that's really

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:06.539
 the essence

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:08.700
 of the issue

00:49:08.700 --> 00:49:09.840
 isn't it

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.820
 just as Naaman

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:12.079
 so Naaman

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:12.920
 teaches us

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:13.880
 we need to

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:14.840
 discard our own

00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:15.300
 view and our

00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:15.800
 own plan

00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:16.539
 and certainly

00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:16.920
 our own

00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:17.420
 pride

00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:19.320
 and fall

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:19.740
 in with

00:49:19.740 --> 00:49:20.440
 God's plan

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:20.920
 and God's

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.320
 provision

00:49:21.320 --> 00:49:22.640
 in the Lord

00:49:22.640 --> 00:49:23.360
 Jesus Christ

00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.340
 verse 13

00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:26.000
 his servants

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.579
 came and said

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:26.840
 to him

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:27.800
 my Lord

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:28.620
 my father

00:49:28.620 --> 00:49:29.019
 it is a

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:29.700
 great word

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:30.160
 the prophet

00:49:30.160 --> 00:49:30.700
 has spoken

00:49:30.700 --> 00:49:31.200
 to you

00:49:31.200 --> 00:49:31.940
 will you

00:49:31.940 --> 00:49:32.440
 not do

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:32.720
 it

00:49:32.720 --> 00:49:33.760
 has he

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:34.039
 actually

00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:34.420
 said

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:34.660
 do you

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:35.039
 wash

00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.600
 and be

00:49:35.600 --> 00:49:35.980
 clean

00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:36.920
 you see

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.300
 what comes

00:49:37.300 --> 00:49:37.880
 across from

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:38.220
 that is

00:49:38.220 --> 00:49:38.600
 the sheer

00:49:38.600 --> 00:49:39.880
 simplicity

00:49:39.880 --> 00:49:41.840
 of God's

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:42.220
 plan

00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:44.240
 the simplicity

00:49:44.240 --> 00:49:44.820
 of what he's

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:45.539
 being told

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.720
 as against

00:49:46.720 --> 00:49:47.480
 what he himself

00:49:47.480 --> 00:49:47.880
 might have

00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:48.320
 thought

00:49:48.320 --> 00:49:50.599
 that's how it is

00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:51.460
 with our salvation

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:52.180
 as well

00:49:52.180 --> 00:49:53.980
 because God's

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:54.740
 method

00:49:54.740 --> 00:49:56.300
 is the simple

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:56.660
 method

00:49:56.660 --> 00:49:57.460
 we come to

00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:58.640
 believe in Christ

00:49:58.640 --> 00:49:59.599
 we come to

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:00.500
 give ourselves

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.720
 to Jesus

00:50:01.720 --> 00:50:02.320
 we come to

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:03.300
 trust in him

00:50:03.300 --> 00:50:04.360
 we come to

00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:05.160
 accept him

00:50:05.160 --> 00:50:05.720
 as he is

00:50:05.720 --> 00:50:06.360
 as he's offered

00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:07.140
 in the Bible

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:08.099
 and that's

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:08.579
 what God

00:50:08.579 --> 00:50:08.900
 is saying

00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:09.259
 you do

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:09.519
 that

00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:09.819
 and you'll

00:50:09.819 --> 00:50:10.599
 be saved

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:13.159
 but we

00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:13.639
 invent the

00:50:13.639 --> 00:50:14.179
 complexities

00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:16.299
 we invent

00:50:16.299 --> 00:50:16.819
 things that

00:50:16.819 --> 00:50:17.039
 really

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.659
 complicate

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:18.059
 the matter

00:50:18.059 --> 00:50:18.559
 don't we

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.799
 we want

00:50:19.799 --> 00:50:20.279
 to find out

00:50:20.279 --> 00:50:20.819
 more about

00:50:20.819 --> 00:50:21.440
 this faith

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:21.719
 and what

00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:22.239
 this faith

00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:22.699
 is

00:50:22.699 --> 00:50:23.619
 well that's

00:50:23.619 --> 00:50:24.279
 alright

00:50:24.279 --> 00:50:24.879
 once you're

00:50:24.879 --> 00:50:25.579
 in Christ

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:26.179
 but don't

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:26.839
 actually try

00:50:26.839 --> 00:50:27.920
 and complicate

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.440
 things

00:50:28.440 --> 00:50:29.259
 in a way

00:50:29.259 --> 00:50:29.759
 that keeps

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:30.059
 you from

00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:30.759
 coming to

00:50:30.759 --> 00:50:31.179
 Christ

00:50:31.179 --> 00:50:31.699
 because very

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:31.960
 often

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:32.639
 the things

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:32.960
 that we

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.739
 persuade

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.199
 ourselves

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:34.519
 of

00:50:34.519 --> 00:50:34.879
 and want

00:50:34.879 --> 00:50:35.279
 to work

00:50:35.279 --> 00:50:35.679
 through

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.699
 and say

00:50:36.699 --> 00:50:37.179
 we can't

00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:37.839
 understand

00:50:37.839 --> 00:50:38.839
 very often

00:50:38.839 --> 00:50:39.259
 they're just

00:50:39.259 --> 00:50:39.779
 invented

00:50:39.779 --> 00:50:40.460
 by us

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:42.460
 for the

00:50:42.460 --> 00:50:42.759
 sake of

00:50:42.759 --> 00:50:43.159
 avoiding

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:43.619
 obedience

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:44.399
 to Christ

00:50:44.399 --> 00:50:46.839
 and obedience

00:50:46.839 --> 00:50:47.500
 to Christ

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:48.779
 is very

00:50:48.779 --> 00:50:49.259
 simply

00:50:49.259 --> 00:50:50.399
 capitulating

00:50:50.399 --> 00:50:50.939
 to him

00:50:50.939 --> 00:50:51.879
 yielding

00:50:51.879 --> 00:50:52.559
 our minds

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:53.500
 our lives

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:54.199
 to be ruled

00:50:54.199 --> 00:50:54.859
 by him

00:50:54.859 --> 00:50:55.919
 that's

00:50:55.919 --> 00:50:56.980
 God's

00:50:56.980 --> 00:50:57.559
 way

00:50:57.559 --> 00:51:00.319
 and today

00:51:00.319 --> 00:51:01.659
 if you've

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.099
 not yet

00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:02.480
 come

00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:03.819
 at least

00:51:03.819 --> 00:51:04.159
 to make

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:04.559
 it known

00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:05.119
 that you

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.839
 are a

00:51:05.839 --> 00:51:06.159
 Christian

00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:06.619
 that you

00:51:06.619 --> 00:51:06.859
 want

00:51:06.859 --> 00:51:07.099
 to

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:08.039
 serve

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.219
 the

00:51:08.219 --> 00:51:08.500
 Lord

00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:08.699
 I

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:08.879
 know

00:51:08.879 --> 00:51:09.039
 that

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:09.179
 there

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:09.279
 are

00:51:09.279 --> 00:51:09.420
 some

00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:09.539
 of

00:51:09.539 --> 00:51:09.659
 you

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.000
 here

00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.779
 who

00:51:10.779 --> 00:51:10.960
 give

00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:11.319
 every

00:51:11.319 --> 00:51:11.980
 indication

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:12.480
 in your

00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:12.739
 life

00:51:12.739 --> 00:51:12.899
 that

00:51:12.899 --> 00:51:13.099
 you're

00:51:13.099 --> 00:51:13.379
 serious

00:51:13.379 --> 00:51:13.819
 about

00:51:13.819 --> 00:51:14.059
 this

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.440
 spiritual

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.039
 business

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:17.059
 who give

00:51:17.059 --> 00:51:17.539
 lots of

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:18.139
 indications

00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:18.639
 that

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:20.279
 this is

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:20.579
 really

00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:21.119
 where you'd

00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:21.599
 want to be

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:22.139
 your life

00:51:22.139 --> 00:51:22.440
 to be

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.899
 anchored

00:51:22.899 --> 00:51:23.139
 in

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:23.579
 Christ

00:51:23.579 --> 00:51:24.599
 and going

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:24.859
 on

00:51:24.859 --> 00:51:25.259
 serving

00:51:25.259 --> 00:51:25.679
 him

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:27.099
 don't

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:27.259
 be

00:51:27.259 --> 00:51:27.920
 deflected

00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:28.139
 from

00:51:28.139 --> 00:51:28.480
 that

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:30.339
 don't

00:51:30.339 --> 00:51:30.639
 actually

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:30.879
 be

00:51:30.879 --> 00:51:31.379
 persuaded

00:51:31.379 --> 00:51:31.980
 by someone

00:51:31.980 --> 00:51:32.319
 who says

00:51:32.319 --> 00:51:32.719
 it's not

00:51:32.719 --> 00:51:33.000
 that

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:33.480
 simple

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:34.399
 it is

00:51:34.399 --> 00:51:34.639
 that

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:35.059
 simple

00:51:35.059 --> 00:51:37.400
 you trust

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.380
 in the

00:51:38.380 --> 00:51:38.900
 saviour

00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:40.460
 you come

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:40.820
 into the

00:51:40.820 --> 00:51:41.199
 possession

00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:42.019
 of salvation

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:43.259
 what could

00:51:43.259 --> 00:51:43.699
 be more

00:51:43.699 --> 00:51:45.279
 clear and

00:51:45.279 --> 00:51:46.059
 simple than

00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:46.360
 that

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:49.019
 don't complicate

00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:49.519
 things

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.699
 in a way

00:51:50.699 --> 00:51:51.360
 that prevents

00:51:51.360 --> 00:51:51.880
 you coming

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.980
 to give

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:53.440
 your life

00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:53.920
 over to

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.420
 Jesus

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:57.519
 and

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:57.920
 here is

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.220
 Naaman

00:51:58.220 --> 00:51:59.079
 having

00:51:59.079 --> 00:51:59.400
 heard

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.599
 the

00:51:59.599 --> 00:51:59.880
 seven

00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:01.300
 advice

00:52:01.300 --> 00:52:03.280
 so he

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:03.500
 went

00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:03.820
 down

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.780
 and

00:52:04.780 --> 00:52:05.039
 dipped

00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:05.480
 himself

00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:05.860
 seven

00:52:05.860 --> 00:52:06.320
 times

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:06.619
 in the

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:06.960
 Jordan

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:08.180
 according

00:52:08.180 --> 00:52:08.519
 to the

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:08.720
 word

00:52:08.720 --> 00:52:08.960
 of the

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:09.159
 man

00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:09.300
 of

00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:09.639
 God

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.780
 his

00:52:10.780 --> 00:52:11.039
 flesh

00:52:11.039 --> 00:52:11.260
 was

00:52:11.260 --> 00:52:11.680
 restored

00:52:11.680 --> 00:52:11.940
 like

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.099
 the

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.320
 flesh

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:12.460
 of

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:12.559
 a

00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:12.740
 little

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.220
 child

00:52:13.220 --> 00:52:14.400
 and

00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:14.539
 he

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:14.740
 was

00:52:14.740 --> 00:52:15.099
 clean

00:52:15.099 --> 00:52:16.880
 he

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:17.119
 did

00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:17.619
 exactly

00:52:17.619 --> 00:52:17.880
 as

00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:18.280
 God

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:18.820
 required

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:19.000
 of

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.200
 him

00:52:19.200 --> 00:52:20.280
 as

00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:20.460
 the

00:52:20.460 --> 00:52:20.820
 message

00:52:20.820 --> 00:52:21.079
 from

00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:21.400
 God

00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:21.619
 through

00:52:21.619 --> 00:52:21.800
 the

00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:22.099
 prophet

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.480
 set

00:52:22.480 --> 00:52:22.840
 before

00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:23.159
 him

00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:24.679
 you see

00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:25.079
 God's

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:25.399
 way

00:52:25.399 --> 00:52:26.739
 always

00:52:26.739 --> 00:52:27.359
 works

00:52:27.359 --> 00:52:29.259
 and

00:52:29.259 --> 00:52:29.379
 I'm

00:52:29.379 --> 00:52:29.539
 sure

00:52:29.539 --> 00:52:29.699
 he

00:52:29.699 --> 00:52:29.839
 might

00:52:29.839 --> 00:52:29.940
 have

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:30.139
 said

00:52:30.139 --> 00:52:30.279
 to

00:52:30.279 --> 00:52:30.599
 himself

00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:30.819
 well

00:52:30.819 --> 00:52:31.019
 why

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:31.219
 didn't

00:52:31.219 --> 00:52:31.339
 I

00:52:31.339 --> 00:52:31.480
 do

00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:31.679
 this

00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:31.779
 in

00:52:31.779 --> 00:52:31.879
 the

00:52:31.879 --> 00:52:32.079
 first

00:52:32.079 --> 00:52:32.379
 place

00:52:32.379 --> 00:52:33.179
 why

00:52:33.179 --> 00:52:33.339
 did

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:33.440
 I

00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:33.559
 give

00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:33.899
 myself

00:52:33.899 --> 00:52:34.259
 all

00:52:34.259 --> 00:52:34.500
 that

00:52:34.500 --> 00:52:34.879
 hassle

00:52:34.879 --> 00:52:35.179
 of

00:52:35.179 --> 00:52:36.019
 anger

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.299
 and

00:52:36.299 --> 00:52:36.899
 frustration

00:52:36.899 --> 00:52:37.339
 and

00:52:37.339 --> 00:52:37.719
 thinking

00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:37.940
 that

00:52:37.940 --> 00:52:38.139
 my

00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:38.359
 way

00:52:38.359 --> 00:52:38.559
 was

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:38.980
 best

00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:39.579
 I

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:39.779
 should

00:52:39.779 --> 00:52:39.899
 have

00:52:39.899 --> 00:52:40.079
 done

00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:40.219
 as

00:52:40.219 --> 00:52:40.420
 just

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:40.960
 accepted

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:41.239
 his

00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:41.519
 word

00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:41.659
 to

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:41.940
 begin

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.159
 with

00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:42.279
 and

00:52:42.279 --> 00:52:42.379
 I

00:52:42.379 --> 00:52:42.480
 could

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:42.599
 have

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:42.819
 saved

00:52:42.819 --> 00:52:43.139
 myself

00:52:43.139 --> 00:52:43.619
 all

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:43.819
 that

00:52:43.819 --> 00:52:44.139
 hassle

00:52:44.139 --> 00:52:44.359
 well

00:52:44.359 --> 00:52:44.519
 of

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:44.799
 course

00:52:44.799 --> 00:52:45.859
 but

00:52:45.859 --> 00:52:46.059
 isn't

00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:46.219
 that

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:46.359
 what

00:52:46.359 --> 00:52:46.619
 life

00:52:46.619 --> 00:52:46.759
 is

00:52:46.759 --> 00:52:47.119
 like

00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:49.119
 and

00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:49.259
 there

00:52:49.259 --> 00:52:49.339
 are

00:52:49.339 --> 00:52:49.500
 many

00:52:49.500 --> 00:52:49.779
 people

00:52:49.779 --> 00:52:49.940
 who

00:52:49.940 --> 00:52:50.119
 come

00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:50.299
 to

00:52:50.299 --> 00:52:50.440
 the

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:50.719
 Lord

00:52:50.719 --> 00:52:52.059
 after

00:52:52.059 --> 00:52:52.259
 a

00:52:52.259 --> 00:52:52.679
 struggle

00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:53.759
 after

00:52:53.759 --> 00:52:54.079
 trying

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:54.259
 to

00:52:54.259 --> 00:52:54.480
 work

00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:54.659
 through

00:52:54.659 --> 00:52:54.859
 the

00:52:54.859 --> 00:52:55.559
 complications

00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:56.480
 that

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:56.599
 they

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:56.819
 make

00:52:56.819 --> 00:52:57.019
 for

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:57.500
 themselves

00:52:57.500 --> 00:52:58.359
 and

00:52:58.359 --> 00:52:58.480
 at

00:52:58.480 --> 00:52:58.599
 the

00:52:58.599 --> 00:52:58.759
 end

00:52:58.759 --> 00:52:58.880
 of

00:52:58.880 --> 00:52:59.000
 the

00:52:59.000 --> 00:52:59.359
 day

00:52:59.359 --> 00:52:59.920
 they'll

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.059
 say

00:53:00.059 --> 00:53:00.219
 well

00:53:00.219 --> 00:53:00.460
 why

00:53:00.460 --> 00:53:00.699
 didn't

00:53:00.699 --> 00:53:00.819
 I

00:53:00.819 --> 00:53:01.059
 just

00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:01.319
 do

00:53:01.319 --> 00:53:01.460
 it

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:01.659
 all

00:53:01.659 --> 00:53:01.859
 that

00:53:01.859 --> 00:53:02.139
 time

00:53:02.139 --> 00:53:02.440
 ago

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:04.119
 I

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.299
 should

00:53:04.299 --> 00:53:04.420
 have

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:04.579
 done

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:04.719
 it

00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:05.000
 then

00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:07.099
 and

00:53:07.099 --> 00:53:07.299
 maybe

00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:07.500
 you're

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:07.639
 here

00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:08.039
 today

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:09.579
 maybe

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:09.799
 you've

00:53:09.799 --> 00:53:09.900
 been

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:10.139
 just

00:53:10.139 --> 00:53:10.639
 struggling

00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:12.159
 struggling

00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:12.619
 your way

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:12.819
 through

00:53:12.819 --> 00:53:13.579
 complications

00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:13.980
 that

00:53:13.980 --> 00:53:14.139
 you're

00:53:14.139 --> 00:53:14.380
 making

00:53:14.380 --> 00:53:14.639
 for

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.039
 yourself

00:53:16.619 --> 00:53:16.900
 coming

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:17.079
 to

00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:17.400
 God

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:17.579
 and

00:53:17.579 --> 00:53:17.819
 coming

00:53:17.819 --> 00:53:18.039
 to

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.339
 know

00:53:18.339 --> 00:53:19.039
 Christ

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.219
 as

00:53:19.219 --> 00:53:19.420
 your

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:19.779
 saviour

00:53:19.779 --> 00:53:19.960
 is

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:20.420
 concerned

00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:22.380
 put

00:53:22.380 --> 00:53:22.559
 the

00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:23.139
 complications

00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:23.759
 aside

00:53:23.759 --> 00:53:25.019
 take

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:25.460
 Jesus

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:25.719
 at

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:25.880
 his

00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:26.420
 word

00:53:26.420 --> 00:53:28.139
 look

00:53:28.139 --> 00:53:28.359
 to

00:53:28.359 --> 00:53:28.799
 him

00:53:28.799 --> 00:53:29.920
 and

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:30.059
 the

00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:30.359
 truth

00:53:30.359 --> 00:53:30.519
 of

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:30.679
 his

00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:31.119
 word

00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:32.199
 do

00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:32.440
 what

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:32.819
 Naaman

00:53:32.819 --> 00:53:33.380
 did

00:53:33.380 --> 00:53:34.659
 accept

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:34.960
 it

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.659
 as

00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:35.819
 it

00:53:35.819 --> 00:53:36.299
 is

00:53:36.299 --> 00:53:37.219
 and

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:37.420
 you'll

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:37.659
 find

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:37.859
 that

00:53:37.859 --> 00:53:38.239
 that

00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:39.460
 actually

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:40.519
 works

00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:41.500
 perfectly

00:53:41.500 --> 00:53:42.940
 believe

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:43.380
 in the

00:53:43.380 --> 00:53:43.559
 Lord

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:43.859
 Jesus

00:53:43.859 --> 00:53:44.319
 Christ

00:53:44.319 --> 00:53:45.199
 and

00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:45.319
 you

00:53:45.319 --> 00:53:45.460
 will

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:45.659
 be

00:53:45.659 --> 00:53:45.880
 saved

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:46.019
 it's

00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:46.179
 not

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:46.299
 going

00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:46.400
 to

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:46.560
 take

00:53:46.560 --> 00:53:46.860
 away

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:47.680
 all

00:53:47.680 --> 00:53:47.820
 the

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:48.180
 hassles

00:53:48.180 --> 00:53:48.360
 of

00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:48.500
 your

00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:48.760
 life

00:53:48.760 --> 00:53:48.880
 it

00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:49.060
 won't

00:53:49.060 --> 00:53:49.260
 take

00:53:49.260 --> 00:53:49.460
 away

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:49.640
 all

00:53:49.640 --> 00:53:49.740
 the

00:53:49.740 --> 00:53:50.280
 difficulties

00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:51.180
 it

00:53:51.180 --> 00:53:51.420
 doesn't

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:51.620
 mean

00:53:51.620 --> 00:53:51.840
 that

00:53:51.840 --> 00:53:52.180
 the

00:53:52.180 --> 00:53:52.560
 problems

00:53:52.560 --> 00:53:52.780
 will

00:53:52.780 --> 00:53:52.960
 just

00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:53.260
 drift

00:53:53.260 --> 00:53:53.500
 out

00:53:53.500 --> 00:53:53.620
 of

00:53:53.620 --> 00:53:53.740
 your

00:53:53.740 --> 00:53:54.160
 life

00:53:54.160 --> 00:53:54.640
 and

00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:54.800
 from

00:53:54.800 --> 00:53:55.039
 then

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:55.300
 all

00:53:55.300 --> 00:53:55.620
 will

00:53:55.620 --> 00:53:55.740
 be

00:53:55.740 --> 00:53:56.039
 just

00:53:56.039 --> 00:53:57.060
 like

00:53:57.060 --> 00:53:57.220
 a

00:53:57.220 --> 00:53:57.620
 constant

00:53:57.620 --> 00:53:58.640
 summer's

00:53:58.640 --> 00:53:58.860
 day

00:53:58.860 --> 00:54:00.340
 you know

00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:00.620
 that's

00:54:00.620 --> 00:54:00.780
 not

00:54:00.780 --> 00:54:00.960
 the

00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:01.220
 case

00:54:01.220 --> 00:54:02.539
 you

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:02.680
 know

00:54:02.680 --> 00:54:02.860
 the

00:54:02.860 --> 00:54:03.080
 devil

00:54:03.080 --> 00:54:03.300
 will

00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:03.680
 persuade

00:54:03.680 --> 00:54:03.960
 you

00:54:03.960 --> 00:54:04.539
 many

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.000
 ways

00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:05.380
 or try

00:54:05.380 --> 00:54:05.539
 to

00:54:05.539 --> 00:54:05.920
 persuade

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.200
 you

00:54:06.200 --> 00:54:07.519
 actually

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:07.760
 it's

00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:08.060
 not

00:54:08.060 --> 00:54:08.420
 in

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:08.580
 your

00:54:08.580 --> 00:54:08.900
 gain

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:09.120
 it's

00:54:09.120 --> 00:54:09.360
 not

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:10.000
 to

00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:10.140
 your

00:54:10.140 --> 00:54:10.600
 advantage

00:54:10.600 --> 00:54:10.860
 to

00:54:16.300 --> 00:54:17.360
 but it

00:54:17.360 --> 00:54:17.680
 is

00:54:17.680 --> 00:54:17.920
 there's

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:18.080
 no

00:54:18.080 --> 00:54:18.380
 sign

00:54:18.380 --> 00:54:18.580
 now

00:54:18.580 --> 00:54:18.700
 of

00:54:18.700 --> 00:54:18.820
 the

00:54:18.820 --> 00:54:19.360
 leprosy

00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:20.560
 as far

00:54:20.560 --> 00:54:20.720
 as

00:54:20.720 --> 00:54:20.940
 Naaman

00:54:20.940 --> 00:54:21.140
 is

00:54:21.140 --> 00:54:21.700
 concerned

00:54:21.700 --> 00:54:23.060
 notice

00:54:23.060 --> 00:54:23.340
 what it

00:54:23.340 --> 00:54:23.600
 says

00:54:23.600 --> 00:54:23.860
 there

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:24.720
 his

00:54:24.720 --> 00:54:25.060
 flesh

00:54:25.060 --> 00:54:25.260
 was

00:54:25.260 --> 00:54:25.780
 restored

00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:26.039
 like

00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:26.260
 the

00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:26.800
 flesh

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:27.600
 of

00:54:27.600 --> 00:54:27.800
 a

00:54:27.800 --> 00:54:28.060
 little

00:54:28.060 --> 00:54:28.720
 child

00:54:28.720 --> 00:54:30.060
 a

00:54:30.060 --> 00:54:30.640
 marvelous

00:54:30.640 --> 00:54:31.240
 description

00:54:31.240 --> 00:54:32.280
 if you

00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:32.519
 look at

00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:32.920
 a baby

00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:33.519
 child

00:54:33.519 --> 00:54:34.660
 with

00:54:34.660 --> 00:54:34.840
 that

00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:35.340
 fresh

00:54:35.340 --> 00:54:35.780
 skin

00:54:35.780 --> 00:54:36.760
 with

00:54:36.760 --> 00:54:36.920
 that

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:37.320
 beautiful

00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:37.820
 look

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:39.440
 that's

00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:39.620
 what

00:54:39.620 --> 00:54:40.120
 Naaman's

00:54:40.120 --> 00:54:40.320
 skin

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:40.900
 was like

00:54:40.900 --> 00:54:42.260
 after he

00:54:42.260 --> 00:54:42.720
 did what

00:54:42.720 --> 00:54:43.039
 God

00:54:43.039 --> 00:54:43.460
 required

00:54:43.460 --> 00:54:43.860
 of him

00:54:43.860 --> 00:54:45.380
 and

00:54:45.380 --> 00:54:45.700
 that's

00:54:45.700 --> 00:54:46.019
 what

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:47.360
 God

00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:47.719
 will do

00:54:47.719 --> 00:54:47.920
 for

00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:48.159
 us

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:48.500
 too

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:50.619
 that's

00:54:50.619 --> 00:54:51.079
 exactly

00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:51.440
 how it

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:51.920
 will be

00:54:51.920 --> 00:54:53.480
 when we

00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:53.659
 give

00:54:53.659 --> 00:54:54.179
 ourselves

00:54:54.179 --> 00:54:54.699
 to

00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:55.119
 God

00:54:55.119 --> 00:54:56.139
 when we

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:56.519
 trust

00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:56.759
 in

00:54:56.759 --> 00:54:57.019
 Christ

00:54:57.019 --> 00:54:57.320
 when we

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:57.820
 accept

00:54:57.820 --> 00:54:58.039
 his

00:54:58.039 --> 00:54:58.300
 way

00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:58.460
 of

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:58.960
 salvation

00:54:58.960 --> 00:54:59.360
 in

00:54:59.360 --> 00:54:59.699
 Jesus

00:54:59.699 --> 00:55:01.380
 life

00:55:01.380 --> 00:55:01.679
 comes

00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:02.000
 to be

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.420
 renewed

00:55:02.420 --> 00:55:04.920
 remember

00:55:04.920 --> 00:55:05.259
 how it

00:55:05.259 --> 00:55:05.739
 is in

00:55:05.739 --> 00:55:07.099
 the book

00:55:07.099 --> 00:55:07.259
 of

00:55:07.259 --> 00:55:07.759
 Proverbs

00:55:07.759 --> 00:55:10.000
 and in

00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:10.179
 this

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:10.599
 passage

00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:11.519
 that I'm

00:55:11.519 --> 00:55:11.759
 going to

00:55:11.759 --> 00:55:11.940
 read

00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:12.380
 it has

00:55:12.380 --> 00:55:13.000
 a

00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:13.300
 reference

00:55:13.300 --> 00:55:13.699
 to

00:55:13.699 --> 00:55:14.119
 not

00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:14.340
 leaning

00:55:14.340 --> 00:55:14.500
 on

00:55:14.500 --> 00:55:14.659
 our

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:14.840
 own

00:55:14.840 --> 00:55:15.559
 understanding

00:55:15.559 --> 00:55:16.139
 go back

00:55:16.139 --> 00:55:16.299
 to

00:55:16.299 --> 00:55:16.699
 Naaman's

00:55:16.699 --> 00:55:16.880
 own

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:17.259
 plan

00:55:17.259 --> 00:55:19.179
 Naaman's

00:55:19.179 --> 00:55:19.639
 pride

00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:20.679
 also says

00:55:20.679 --> 00:55:21.079
 be not

00:55:21.079 --> 00:55:21.400
 wise

00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:21.679
 in your

00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:21.880
 own

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:22.320
 eyes

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:22.980
 here's

00:55:22.980 --> 00:55:23.079
 the

00:55:23.079 --> 00:55:23.460
 passage

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:24.539
 Proverbs

00:55:24.539 --> 00:55:24.820
 3

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:25.079
 verses

00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:25.539
 5

00:55:25.539 --> 00:55:25.719
 to

00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:26.099
 8

00:55:26.099 --> 00:55:27.019
 we'll

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:27.320
 close

00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:27.539
 with

00:55:27.539 --> 00:55:27.900
 that

00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:28.559
 trust

00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:28.779
 in

00:55:28.779 --> 00:55:28.900
 the

00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:29.199
 Lord

00:55:29.199 --> 00:55:30.159
 with

00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:30.460
 all

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:30.639
 your

00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:31.039
 heart

00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.980
 and

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:32.159
 do

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:32.400
 not

00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:32.699
 lean

00:55:32.699 --> 00:55:32.860
 on

00:55:32.860 --> 00:55:32.980
 your

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.199
 own

00:55:33.199 --> 00:55:33.900
 understanding

00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:35.000
 in

00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:35.239
 all

00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:35.400
 your

00:55:35.400 --> 00:55:35.840
 ways

00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:36.460
 acknowledge

00:55:36.460 --> 00:55:36.820
 him

00:55:36.820 --> 00:55:37.699
 and

00:55:37.699 --> 00:55:37.920
 he

00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:38.139
 will

00:55:38.139 --> 00:55:38.400
 make

00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:38.719
 straight

00:55:38.719 --> 00:55:38.920
 your

00:55:38.920 --> 00:55:39.440
 paths

00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:40.519
 be

00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:40.860
 not

00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:41.259
 wise

00:55:41.259 --> 00:55:41.420
 in

00:55:41.420 --> 00:55:41.579
 your

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:41.759
 own

00:55:41.759 --> 00:55:42.219
 eyes

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:43.259
 fear

00:55:43.259 --> 00:55:43.460
 the

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:43.799
 Lord

00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:44.800
 turn

00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:45.060
 away

00:55:45.060 --> 00:55:45.320
 from

00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:45.700
 evil

00:55:45.700 --> 00:55:46.560
 it

00:55:46.560 --> 00:55:46.720
 will

00:55:46.720 --> 00:55:46.940
 be

00:55:46.940 --> 00:55:47.400
 healing

00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:48.019
 to

00:55:48.019 --> 00:55:48.200
 your

00:55:48.200 --> 00:55:48.660
 flesh

00:55:48.660 --> 00:55:49.640
 and

00:55:49.640 --> 00:55:50.539
 refreshment

00:55:50.539 --> 00:55:51.519
 to

00:55:51.519 --> 00:55:51.720
 your

00:55:51.720 --> 00:55:52.220
 bones

00:55:52.220 --> 00:55:53.480
 may God

00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:53.740
 bless

00:55:53.740 --> 00:55:54.120
 this word

00:55:54.120 --> 00:55:54.420
 to us

00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:54.940
 let's pray

00:55:54.940 --> 00:55:57.380
 Lord

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:57.539
 our

00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:57.840
 God

00:55:57.840 --> 00:55:58.019
 we

00:55:58.019 --> 00:55:58.400
 thank

00:55:58.400 --> 00:55:58.539
 you

00:55:58.539 --> 00:55:58.900
 today

00:55:58.900 --> 00:56:00.480
 that

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:00.639
 your

00:56:00.639 --> 00:56:01.000
 gospel

00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:01.380
 sets

00:56:01.380 --> 00:56:01.700
 before

00:56:01.700 --> 00:56:01.920
 us

00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:02.039
 the

00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:02.179
 way

00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:02.300
 of

00:56:02.300 --> 00:56:02.800
 salvation

00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:03.139
 so

00:56:03.139 --> 00:56:03.500
 clearly

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:05.119
 Lord

00:56:05.119 --> 00:56:05.260
 we

00:56:05.260 --> 00:56:05.460
 know

00:56:05.460 --> 00:56:05.679
 that

00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:05.840
 there

00:56:05.840 --> 00:56:05.940
 are

00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:06.119
 many

00:56:06.119 --> 00:56:06.380
 things

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:06.519
 in

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:06.659
 your

00:56:06.659 --> 00:56:06.940
 word

00:56:06.940 --> 00:56:07.200
 that

00:56:07.200 --> 00:56:07.440
 we

00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:08.460
 cannot

00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:08.800
 fully

00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:09.519
 understand

00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:10.579
 that

00:56:10.579 --> 00:56:10.700
 there

00:56:10.700 --> 00:56:10.800
 are

00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:10.960
 many

00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:11.159
 things

00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:11.300
 we

00:56:11.300 --> 00:56:11.460
 need

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:11.619
 to

00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:11.900
 work

00:56:11.900 --> 00:56:12.200
 through

00:56:12.200 --> 00:56:12.440
 in

00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:12.720
 terms

00:56:12.720 --> 00:56:12.880
 of

00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:13.280
 increasing

00:56:13.280 --> 00:56:13.559
 our

00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:13.980
 knowledge

00:56:13.980 --> 00:56:15.039
 of

00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:15.460
 yourself

00:56:15.460 --> 00:56:15.700
 of

00:56:15.700 --> 00:56:16.179
 salvation

00:56:16.179 --> 00:56:16.400
 and

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:16.539
 of

00:56:16.539 --> 00:56:17.000
 ourselves

00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:18.360
 but

00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:18.500
 we

00:56:18.500 --> 00:56:18.760
 thank

00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:18.880
 you

00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:19.059
 that

00:56:19.059 --> 00:56:19.260
 that

00:56:19.260 --> 00:56:19.519
 way

00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:19.720
 of

00:56:19.720 --> 00:56:20.200
 salvation

00:56:20.200 --> 00:56:21.119
 is

00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:21.280
 so

00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:21.639
 clearly

00:56:21.639 --> 00:56:22.019
 marked

00:56:22.019 --> 00:56:22.260
 out

00:56:22.260 --> 00:56:22.500
 for

00:56:22.500 --> 00:56:22.860
 us

00:56:24.940 --> 00:56:37.079
 to

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.340
 us

00:56:37.340 --> 00:56:37.440
 Lord

00:56:37.440 --> 00:56:38.220
 help

00:56:38.220 --> 00:56:38.380
 us

00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:38.639
 today

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:38.860
 to

00:56:38.860 --> 00:56:39.059
 do

00:56:39.059 --> 00:56:39.460
 this

00:56:39.460 --> 00:56:40.400
 and

00:56:40.400 --> 00:56:40.619
 help

00:56:40.619 --> 00:56:40.780
 us

00:56:40.780 --> 00:56:40.960
 by

00:56:40.960 --> 00:56:41.139
 your

00:56:41.139 --> 00:56:41.460
 grace

00:56:41.460 --> 00:56:41.780
 to

00:56:41.780 --> 00:56:42.860
 discard

00:56:42.860 --> 00:56:43.119
 the

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:43.280
 many

00:56:43.280 --> 00:56:44.059
 reasonings

00:56:44.059 --> 00:56:44.740
 that

00:56:44.740 --> 00:56:44.860
 we

00:56:44.860 --> 00:56:45.119
 find

00:56:45.119 --> 00:56:45.539
 arising

00:56:45.539 --> 00:56:45.679
 in

00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:45.820
 our

00:56:45.820 --> 00:56:46.039
 own

00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:46.340
 sinful

00:56:46.340 --> 00:56:46.860
 hearts

00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:48.000
 and

00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:48.119
 the

00:56:48.119 --> 00:56:48.280
 many

00:56:48.280 --> 00:56:48.619
 ways

00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:48.780
 in

00:56:48.780 --> 00:56:48.960
 which

00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:49.139
 the

00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:49.360
 devil

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:49.860
 tempts

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:49.980
 us

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:50.260
 away

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:50.500
 from

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:50.900
 trusting

00:56:50.900 --> 00:56:51.159
 in

00:56:51.159 --> 00:56:51.380
 you

00:56:51.380 --> 00:56:52.460
 grant

00:56:52.460 --> 00:56:52.619
 that

00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:52.760
 we

00:56:52.760 --> 00:56:52.940
 may

00:56:52.940 --> 00:56:53.179
 come

00:56:53.179 --> 00:56:53.440
 Lord

00:56:53.440 --> 00:56:53.619
 to

00:56:53.619 --> 00:56:53.980
 depend

00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:54.260
 upon

00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:54.460
 your

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:54.840
 word

00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:55.840
 and

00:56:55.840 --> 00:56:55.960
 that

00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:56.079
 we

00:56:56.079 --> 00:56:56.240
 may

00:56:56.240 --> 00:56:56.539
 come

00:56:56.539 --> 00:56:56.840
 and

00:56:56.840 --> 00:56:57.920
 cast

00:56:57.920 --> 00:56:58.440
 ourselves

00:56:58.440 --> 00:56:58.760
 into

00:56:58.760 --> 00:56:59.000
 your

00:56:59.000 --> 00:56:59.380
 care

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:00.579
 hear

00:57:00.579 --> 00:57:00.740
 us

00:57:00.740 --> 00:57:00.900
 then

00:57:00.900 --> 00:57:01.059
 we

00:57:01.059 --> 00:57:01.280
 pray

00:57:01.280 --> 00:57:01.440
 and

00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:01.559
 be

00:57:01.559 --> 00:57:01.720
 with

00:57:01.720 --> 00:57:01.860
 us

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:02.039
 this

00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:02.340
 evening

00:57:02.340 --> 00:57:03.140
 and

00:57:03.140 --> 00:57:03.240
 be

00:57:03.240 --> 00:57:03.400
 with

00:57:03.400 --> 00:57:03.680
 Scott

00:57:03.680 --> 00:57:03.940
 as

00:57:03.940 --> 00:57:04.180
 he

00:57:04.180 --> 00:57:04.780
 leads

00:57:04.780 --> 00:57:04.940
 the

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:05.260
 worship

00:57:05.260 --> 00:57:05.559
 this

00:57:05.559 --> 00:57:05.880
 evening

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:06.800
 grant

00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:06.940
 him

00:57:06.940 --> 00:57:07.100
 your

00:57:07.100 --> 00:57:07.380
 grace

00:57:07.380 --> 00:57:07.680
 Lord

00:57:07.680 --> 00:57:07.860
 we

00:57:07.860 --> 00:57:08.140
 pray

00:57:08.140 --> 00:57:08.960
 and

00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:09.120
 all

00:57:09.120 --> 00:57:09.260
 of

00:57:09.260 --> 00:57:09.420
 these

00:57:09.420 --> 00:57:09.680
 things

00:57:09.680 --> 00:57:09.880
 we

00:57:09.880 --> 00:57:10.180
 seek

00:57:10.180 --> 00:57:10.360
 with

00:57:10.360 --> 00:57:10.480
 the

00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:10.700
 pardon

00:57:10.700 --> 00:57:10.900
 of

00:57:10.900 --> 00:57:11.100
 our

00:57:11.100 --> 00:57:11.320
 sin

00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:12.019
 for

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.340
 Jesus

00:57:12.340 --> 00:57:12.820
 sake

00:57:12.820 --> 00:57:13.400
 Amen

00:57:13.400 --> 00:57:16.280
 we'll

00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:16.400
 sing

00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:16.640
 now in

00:57:16.640 --> 00:57:17.079
 conclusion

00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:17.400
 this

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:17.740
 time in

00:57:17.740 --> 00:57:18.640
 Psalm 51

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 Psalm 51

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 that's

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 in the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter

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 version

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 it's

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 on page

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 281

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 we're

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 singing to

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 the tune

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 Walsall

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 and it's

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 verses

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 6 to

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 10

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 behold thou

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 in the

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 inward

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 parts

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 with

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 truth

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 delighted

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 art

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 and

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 wisdom

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 thou

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 shalt

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 make

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 me

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 know

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 within

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 the

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 hidden

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 part

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 to

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 thou

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 with

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 hyssop

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 sprinkle

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 me

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 cleansed

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 so

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 yea

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 wash

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 thou

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 me

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 and

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 then

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 whiter

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 than

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 the

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 snow

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 of

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 gladness

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 and

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 of

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 joyfulness

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 make

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 me

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 to

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 hear

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 the

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 voice

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 that

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 so

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 these

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 very

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 bones

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 which

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 thou

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 hast

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 broken

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 may

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 rejoice

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 all

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 my

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 iniquities

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 blot

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 out

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 sin

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 create

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 a

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 clean

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 heart

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 Lord

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 renew

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 a

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 right

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 spirit

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 me

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 within

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 these

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 verses

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 6

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 to

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 10

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 to

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 God's

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 praise

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 behold

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 thou

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 in

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 the

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 inward

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 parts

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 with

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 truth

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 delighted

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 art

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 and

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 with

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 song

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 thy

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 child

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 make

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 me

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 know

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 within

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 the

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 hidden

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 heart

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 to

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 thy

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 with

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 his

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 thoughts

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 make

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 help

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 me

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 cleansed

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 soul

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 yea

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 wash

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 thou

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 me

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 and

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 then

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 I

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 shall

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 be

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 whiter

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 than

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 the

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 snow

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 of

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 gladness

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 and

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 of

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 joy

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 fullness

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 make

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 me

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 to

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 hear

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 the

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 voice

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 that

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 soul

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 these

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 very

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 bones

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 which

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 thou

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 hast

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 broken

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 may

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 rejoice

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 joy

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 all

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 my

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 name

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 may

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 quet

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 he's

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 brought

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 out

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 life

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 aside

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 from

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 myself

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 create

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 a

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 king

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 heart

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 lord

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 bring

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 you

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 and

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 my

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 spirit

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 me

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 within

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 I'll go

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 to the

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 door just

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 to my

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 right here

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 after the

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 benediction

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 now may

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 the grace

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 of the

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 lord

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 jesus

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 christ

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 the love

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 of god

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 the father

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 and the

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 communion

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 of the

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 holy

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 spirit

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 be with

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 you now

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 and ever

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 more

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 amen

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 oh

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 you

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 you

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 you